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Mr. Walker , an ingenious Gentleman at Frazer - 
burgh on the North Coaft, [Feb. 18. 173 7.) found 
that from the Time of the Ring's beginning to appear 
upon the lower and Weftern Part of the Sun's Disk, 
till it began to break on the Eaft and upper Part, there 
were 300 Vibrations of a Pendulum, or five Minutes. 
The Ring feemed fomewhat narrower even at the 
Middle of the Eclipfe on the lower Part. 
This is the Sum , of what I have been able to learn 
concerning the Obfervations of this Eclipfe, that were 
made in this Country, and in thq neighbouring Parts 
of England . I have made fome Computations relate- 
ing to the Extent of the annular Fenumbra , and the 
Direction and Velocity of its Motion ; but finer; I have 
not a fufficient Number of exact Obfervations* by 
which I might examine them, it would be of little 
Ufe to deferibe them. Had the Weather been more 
favourable in the North, and my Requeft of having 
the Duration of the annular Appearance meafured, 
been made more public before the Eclipfe, after Dr. 
Halley's Example in 1717. I doubt not but I fhould 
have been able to have given a more exad Account of 
the Progrefs of the Centre of this Phenomenon, and 
of its Limits; but I had been difeouraged from pub- 
iifhing any thing concerning it, by our bad Fortune in 
feveral late Eclipfes, of which the Clouds had not al- 
lowed us the lead View* 
I am informed, that there was very little Notice 
taken of this Eclipfe by the Populace in the Country 5 
and I cannot but add, that feveral Gentlemen of very 
good Credit, who are not in the lead fiiort-fighted, 
allure me, that about the Middle of the annular Ap- 
pearance they were not able to difeern the Moon up- 
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